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Estimating bird species richness from capture and count data

OCLC 34316323; 'Full title': State-of-the-art data analysis for studies of marked birds.
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Edited by: P.M. North and J.D. Nichols

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Abstract

We used capture-recapture methods to estimate bird species richness from mist-net and point-count data from a study area in Campeche, Mexico. We estimated species richness separately for each survey technique for two habitats, forest and pasture, in six sampling periods. We then estimated richness based on species' detections by either technique, and estimated the proportion of species detected by each technique that are not part of the population sampled by the other technique. No consistent differences existed between richness estimates from count data and from capture data in the two habitats. In some sampling periods, over 50% of the richness estimate from one survey technique may be species that are not sampled by the other technique, suggesting that one technique may not be adequate to estimate total species richness and that comparing estimates from areas sampled by different techniques may not be valid.

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Dawson, D., Sauer, J., Wood, P., Berlanga, M., Wilson, M., Robbins, C., 1995, Estimating bird species richness from capture and count data, chap. of Statistics and Ornithology. Proceedings of the 4th EURING Technical Meeting, 19-24 September, 1994, p. 1063-1068.

Publication type Book chapter
Publication Subtype Book Chapter
Title Estimating bird species richness from capture and count data
Year Published 1995
Language English
Contributing office(s) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Description 553-1081
Larger Work Type Book
Larger Work Subtype Other Government Series
Larger Work Title Statistics and Ornithology. Proceedings of the 4th EURING Technical Meeting, 19-24 September, 1994
First page 1063
Last page 1068
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